Returning a second Böhm Dynamic 4x9 to life after suffering from rather nasty corrosion to the pcb from a leaking backup battery.

This is a bell from a factory patch layered with a sustained evolving sound I dialled into the beast...

The Böhm Dynamic 4x9 was a somewhat unusual and very much overlooked synth expander from mid 80's...

Originally sold in self-build kit form from the Germany organ manufacturer Böhm, it featured 12 Yamaha YM2203 4OP FM tone generator ICs fed into a genuine BBD based triple ensemble generator with two modulating free-running LFOs. Originally designed for use in games machines and home computers the YM2203 offered 3 channels of classic sine-only based 4-operator FM synthesis in a chip.

This unique combination produced up to 36 note polyphony or up to 4 layers of 9 note polyphony.

What sets these instruments aside from the more conventional 4OP FM offerings such as the DX9 is that not only does the triple ensemble generator add a whole new dimension to the sound it starts to make you view the FM side as a starting point to the final found rather than the sound itself. With this way of thinking it is possible to generate everything from remarkably analog sounding Solina style strings to warm complex evolving pads.

1987 Böhm Dynamic 4x9 No.2 Awakens...

Synth-pop band from Paris


Ils produisent une synthpop mélodique moderne, punchy, aux arrangements minutieux.

D.A.Wilson is an Electronic Engineer, Sound Designer & Vintage Synth Specialist with a particular interest in combining vintage tube, classic analog and modern digital technologies working as a synth engineer looking after a very considerable amount of vintage studio equipment for Will Gregory (Goldfrapp / Moog Ensemble) and a number of other internationally celebrated electronic musicians and producers.  Having undertaken several major restorations and produced custom electronic designs for a number of major artists including Jean-Michel Jarre, Dani is also known for fully restoring two out of the world's four remaining 1979 Crumar GDS and partially restoring 1938 Novachord 346 (the only known operational Novachord in the UK) to playable order along with developing and producing the new Elfin family of 8-bit polysynths and the popular MIDI Front Panel Animator (FPA), Filter Defeat Module (FDM) and XD-280 Drive Emulator upgrades for the AKAI S612 sampler.

Demos of the S612 Upgrades in Action: 

https://soundcloud.com/hideaway-studio/sets/hideaway-studios-s612-front


Hideaway Studio Kontakt Sound libraries may be purchased directly from: 
https://www.lootaudio.com/category/kontakt-instruments/hideaway-studios
 

..and a nice introduction by Cory Pelizzari to the Hideaway Studio Kontakt Libraries:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-C7a3ChC9U&feature=emb_title


For more on releases from Hideaway Studio for Kontakt please visit the blog at:  www.hideawaystudio.net